Comparing sampling strategies to recruit migrants for an epidemiological study. Results from a German feasibility study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 721-726

  Reiss, Katharina ^a   Dragano, Nico ^b,c   Ellert, Ute ^d   Fricke, Julia ^e   Greiser, Karin Halina ^e   Keil, Thomas ^f   Krist, Lilian ^f   Moebus, Susanne ^b   Pundt, Noreen ^b   Schlaud, Martin ^d   Yesil Jürgens, Rahsan ^d,f   Zeeb, Hajo ^g   Zimmermann, Heiko ^h   Razum, Oliver ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b   Becher, Heiko ^h  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TURKEY; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TURKEY; USSR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930802354     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku046     Document Type: Article

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